Napping with your dragon?

[Taralachelle]

So my apartment has recently become decently cold, when I check mandalas temps they says they're around 70 but he feels freezing cold, and since Christmas I haven't had enough money yet to get a ceramic heat bulb, so I've been waking up early and bringing him into my bed to sleep with me. i shut the bedroom door so my cat doesn't get in so if I fall asleep and he wanders he's in no danger, but is that okay?? I don't move much in my sleep so I know I won't squish him. I just want to make sure there's no underlying issue with this

 

[Rankins]

How big is the dragon?
I see a lot of potential for problems with it. Even though you may not move much during your sleep there is a chance for you to lay on top of the dragon. I don't move much in my sleep either....but my girlfriends have disagreed with that. But...hey, I'm asleep so I didn't know I flop around like a fish out of water.
Seriously though, there is a chance it could happen. I also would worry about a dragon defecating in my bed. I really don't think you want to wake up with a mess on your face.
Your house temps are not excessively cold, a night time temperature of 70°F is fine.

 

[SHBailey]

As long as the nighttime temperatures in the room he stays in are around 70 (F), and don't fall below 65, you won't really even need a CHE. Hopefully, you have adequate heat and UVB for him in the daytime, but if not, that would be the most important thing on which to spend whatever money you have available, as soon as possible.

As for sleeping with him, as long as the room he's in is beardie-proof, as long as you're sure you won't roll over on him and squish him, and as long as you can keep him in the room and potential predators out (such as the cat), then the only problem I might be concerned about is the possibility of him falling off the bed if he wanders around, but as long as the light level in the room is low, either dark or fairly dim (such as nothing but a night light or a TV, for example), he will probably not move around much, or at least that's what my beardie would do. They seem to be hard core diurnal, and usually fall asleep fairly quickly once the lights go out, and stay asleep as long as the lights stay out. :sleepy2: